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Watch thieves mug MP and wife in Italy

Unintentional humour from the newspaper industry.

Could this be the latest reality TV idea? Can we choose which MP?


(A correction was printed very quickly after that PA snap.)


Did footballer Jimmy Sheppard (inset) decline to blow his own trumpet?

And what about Mr Burley? He also remains tight-lipped in the Southern Daily Echo.


And some old favourites...

The subs' art of getting you to read the story:


We wondered if they tested her hopscotch too?


So perhaps we'll get some more funny headlines...?


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